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Man accused of flagging down school bus, threatening driverhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3376202-man-accused-flagging-school-bus-threatening-driver.html
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A 57-year-old northwestern Montana man is charged with flagging down a school bus and threatening the driver with a knife, apparently for driving too fast.
The Missoulian reports Duane Richard Tholen was arrested Friday and made an initial appearance in Lincoln County Justice Court on Monday on two counts of assault with a weapon. H...Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:50:21 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3376202-man-accused-flagging-school-bus-threatening-driver.html2015-02-24T18:50:21ZFuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a yearhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3372052-fuel-hauling-trains-derail-10-year.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly killing hundreds of people if an accident happens in a densely populated part of the U.S.
The projection comes from a previously unreported ...Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:50:46 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3372052-fuel-hauling-trains-derail-10-year.html2015-02-22T15:50:46ZKhloe, Kim Kardashian safe after Montana traffic accidenthttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3371350-khloe-kim-kardashian-safe-montana-traffic-accident.html
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Khloe and Kim Kardashian are safe after the vehicle they were in slid off a Montana road and into a ditch on Saturday.
Montana Highway Patrol Capt. Mark Wilfore says the accident occurred before noon on a highway between Bozeman and Belgrade, where the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is located. Wilfore said he did not know...Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:01:08 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3371350-khloe-kim-kardashian-safe-montana-traffic-accident.html2015-02-22T00:01:08ZTrain carrying 3 million gallons of crude still burninghttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3361884-train-carrying-3-gallons-crude-burning.html
MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. (AP) — Oil cars were still burning more than a day after a train carrying 3 million gallons of North Dakota crude derailed in a West Virginia snowstorm, shooting fireballs into the sky.
Hundreds of families were evacuated after losing their drinking water and electricity when 19 tank cars slammed into each other and caught fire, leakin...Wed, 18 Feb 2015 01:58:04 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3361884-train-carrying-3-gallons-crude-burning.html2015-02-18T01:58:04ZMontana community turns away teen with troubled pasthttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3361968-montana-community-turns-teen-with-troubled.html
HARRISON, Mont. (AP) — After Spencer Ore was banned from a Montana high school in 2013 for bringing two pistols to campus and was accused of making threats, his parents sought help with the hope that one day he would reintegrate into society.
Margaret and Stephen Ore visited him every weekend while he was in juvenile detention. They invested in nearly two...Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:14:12 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3361968-montana-community-turns-teen-with-troubled.html2015-02-17T16:14:12ZMontana man gets 70 years in German exchange student's deathhttp://www.mail.com/business/finance/3354256-montana-man-70-years-german-exchange-students-death.html
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man wasn't defending his family but rather hunting someone when he shot and killed a German high school student who was trespassing in his garage, a judge said Thursday as he sentenced the man to 70 years in prison with no parole possible for at least 20 years.
"Here you have a 12-guage shotgun, not to protect your family ...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:44:12 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/finance/3354256-montana-man-70-years-german-exchange-students-death.html2015-02-12T22:44:12ZAgency: Sage grouse spending to top $750 million by 2018http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3354504-agency-sage-grouse-spending-to-top-750-2018.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Spending on a government-sponsored initiative to help struggling sage grouse populations in the West is projected to exceed $750 million by 2018.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday the money will conserve an estimated 8 million acres of sage grouse habitat. Federal officials are more than halfway to that goal since sta...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:11:51 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3354504-agency-sage-grouse-spending-to-top-750-2018.html2015-02-12T21:11:51ZMontana lawmaker says yoga pants should be illegalhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3352568-montana-lawmaker-yoga-pants-illegal.html
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana legislative panel moved to kill an indecent exposure bill Wednesday after the lawmaker who introduced it said he thinks yoga pants should be illegal.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to table House Bill 365, which Rep. David Moore introduced Tuesday. The proposal would have expanded the definition o...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 04:55:44 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3352568-montana-lawmaker-yoga-pants-illegal.html2015-02-12T04:55:44ZA look at some vaccine-related legislation in several stateshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3342340-vaccine-related-legislation.html
Several state legislatures are debating vaccine-related measures as dozens of people have fallen ill from a measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December and spread beyond the theme park. Here is a look at some of the legislation around the country:
CALIFORNIA Three California lawmakers, all Democrats, introduced legislation this week that would...Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:34:21 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3342340-vaccine-related-legislation.html2015-02-06T20:34:21ZAdvocates: Dams put dinosaur-like river fish at riskhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3335774-advocates-dams-dinosaur-like-river-fish-risk.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates claimed in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the dinosaur-like pallid sturgeon could be wiped out in stretches of rivers in Montana and North Dakota if the federal government doesn't deal with dams that disrupt spawning.
Pallid sturgeon are known for their distinctive shovel-shaped snout and can live 50 years, r...Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:08:14 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3335774-advocates-dams-dinosaur-like-river-fish-risk.html2015-02-02T23:08:14ZMan arrested after trying to sell pot to off-duty officerhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3335916-man-arrested-trying-to-sell-pot-to-off-duty-officer.html
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Know your customer.
That guidance might have helped a Butte man who was arrested over the weekend after reportedly offering to sell marijuana to an off-duty police officer. Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester says 32-year-old Leroy Hopke approached the officer and his wife as they left a store on Friday night. The officer declined the s...Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:51:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3335916-man-arrested-trying-to-sell-pot-to-off-duty-officer.html2015-02-02T21:51:38ZBig Montana oil spill is latest involving pipeline companyhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3332882-big-montana-oil-spill-latest-involving-pipeline-company.html
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming company whose pipeline leaked 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana and its sister company have had multiple pipeline spills and federal fines levied against them in the last decade, according to government records.
Bridger Pipeline LLC, the operator of the Poplar Pipeline that broke recently nea...Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:50:30 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3332882-big-montana-oil-spill-latest-involving-pipeline-company.html2015-01-31T18:50:30ZYellowstone oil spills fuel arguments over Keystone linehttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3327896-yellowstone-oil-spills-fuel-arguments-keystone.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Oil pipeline accidents have become increasingly frequent in the U.S. as Congress presses the Obama administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline — a project that would pass near the spot where 30,000 gallons of crude spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River earlier this month.
The Montana pipeline breach temporarily fouled a ci...Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:18:27 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3327896-yellowstone-oil-spills-fuel-arguments-keystone.html2015-01-29T23:18:27Z14-year-old Montana boy charged with attacking teacherhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3329348-14-year-old-montana-boy-charged-with-attacking-teacher.html
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A 14-year-old Great Falls boy believed to have attacked a teacher at North Middle School faces a Youth Court charge of attempted kidnapping.
The boy made an initial court appearance Wednesday, and his bail was set at $50,000, the Great Falls Tribune reported. Prosecutors allege the boy put on a hooded sweat shirt and a ski mask a...Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:16:28 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3329348-14-year-old-montana-boy-charged-with-attacking-teacher.html2015-01-29T18:16:28ZMontana oil spill cleanup to slow as river gets dangeroushttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3327494-montana-oil-spill-cleanup-to-slow-river-dangerous.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The struggle to recover 30,000 gallons of oil from a pipeline spill into Montana's Yellowstone River is expected to grind to a near-halt in coming days as warmer weather makes ice on the river increasingly dangerous, state regulators and a company spokesman said Wednesday.
Because of brittle ice, crews trying to recover oil trapped ...Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:40:06 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3327494-montana-oil-spill-cleanup-to-slow-river-dangerous.html2015-01-29T00:40:06ZThieves have change of heart, return stolen Boy Scouts gearhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3322536-thieves-change-heart-return-stolen-boy-scouts-gear.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A guilty conscience and news coverage apparently led some thieves to return a cargo trailer and camping gear that was stolen from a Montana Boy Scout troop earlier this month.
Scoutmaster Rick Lindholm said the thieves left a handwritten note on the windshield of a car in the church parking lot from which the trailer and gear were t...Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:48:33 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3322536-thieves-change-heart-return-stolen-boy-scouts-gear.html2015-01-26T18:48:33ZBreached pipeline that spilled oil lies exposed on riverbedhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3320580-breached-pipeline-that-spilled-oil-lies-exposed-riverbed.html
GLENDIVE, Mont. (AP) — Sonar indicates part of an underground pipeline that spilled almost 40,000 gallons of oil into Montana's Yellowstone River and fouled a local water supply is exposed on the riverbed.
The pipeline is exposed for about 50 feet near where the breach occurred Jan. 17, according to a news release from public agencies involved with the re...Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:57:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3320580-breached-pipeline-that-spilled-oil-lies-exposed-riverbed.html2015-01-25T18:57:38ZRegulators order pipeline upgrades after Montana oil spillhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3317792-regulators-order-pipeline-upgrades-montana-oil-spill.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal regulators on Friday ordered a pipeline company to make major upgrades to a line that spilled almost 40,000 gallons of oil into Montana's Yellowstone River and fouled a local water supply.
The order comes after Bridger Pipeline of Casper, Wyoming, announced plans to bury its line deeper beneath the Yellowstone to protect aga...Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:23:25 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3317792-regulators-order-pipeline-upgrades-montana-oil-spill.html2015-01-24T01:23:25ZYellowstone begins transferring bison for slaughterhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3316054-yellowstone-transferring-bison-slaughter.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park has begun shipping wild bison for slaughter as part of a plan to reduce the park's population by as many as 900 animals this winter.
On Wednesday and Thursday, more than 150 bison captured near the park's northern border with Montana were removed from holding, loaded onto trailers and shipped off, according...Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:22:23 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3316054-yellowstone-transferring-bison-slaughter.html2015-01-22T23:22:23ZMontana oil spill renews worry over safety of old pipelineshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3314990-montana-oil-spill-renews-worry-safety-pipelines.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A second large oil spill into Montana's Yellowstone River in less than four years is reviving questions about oversight of the nation's aging pipeline network.
Investigators and company officials on Wednesday were trying to determine the cause of the 40,000-gallon spill that contaminated downstream water supplies in the city of Glen...Thu, 22 Jan 2015 06:00:48 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3314990-montana-oil-spill-renews-worry-safety-pipelines.html2015-01-22T06:00:48ZCity tries to repair contaminated water system after spillhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3313110-city-tries-to-repair-contaminated-water-system-spill.html
GLENDIVE, Mont. (AP) — Authorities were scrambling to decontaminate a water treatment plant serving 6,000 eastern Montana residents after a cancer-causing component of oil was found downstream of a Yellowstone River pipeline spill.
Up to 50,000 gallons of crude were released in Saturday's spill. As residents of Glendive lined up at a distribution center t...Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:50:40 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3313110-city-tries-to-repair-contaminated-water-system-spill.html2015-01-21T07:50:40ZPipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone Riverhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3309380-pipeline-breach-spills-oil-yellowstone-river.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials said Sunday that an oil pipeline breach spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana, but they said they are unaware of any threats to public safety or health.
The Bridger Pipeline Co. said the spill occurred about 10 a.m. Saturday. The initial estimate is that 300 to 1,200 ...Mon, 19 Jan 2015 02:32:13 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3309380-pipeline-breach-spills-oil-yellowstone-river.html2015-01-19T02:32:13ZAir Force approves airspace expansion over northern Plainshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3306532-air-force-approves-airspace-expansion-northern-plains.html
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Air Force on Friday approved a proposal to expand a bomber training area over the northern Plains, a move that helps keep a South Dakota base open but has raised concerns over loud, low-flying aircraft disrupting civilian flights and damaging rural economies.
The Federal Aviation Administration will now examine the plan to expand t...Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:30:50 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3306532-air-force-approves-airspace-expansion-northern-plains.html2015-01-16T23:30:50ZTribes join effort to keep Yellowstone grizzlies protectedhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3297010-tribes-join-effort-to-yellowstone-grizzlies-protected.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Leaders of American Indian tribes in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains have joined an effort to retain federal protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to decide this year whether it will move to lift protections for the roughly 1,000 grizzlies that scie...Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:28:10 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3297010-tribes-join-effort-to-yellowstone-grizzlies-protected.html2015-01-11T20:28:10ZKilling of unarmed Montana man by police found justifiedhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3292026-killing-unarmed-montana-man-police-justified.html
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A jury at a coroner's inquest determined Wednesday that a Montana police officer was justified in shooting and killing an unarmed man high on methamphetamine during a traffic stop.
The ruling came after Billings Police Officer Grant Morrison testified he feared for his life when he fired the three shots that killed 38-year-old Richa...Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:16:10 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3292026-killing-unarmed-montana-man-police-justified.html2015-01-07T23:16:10ZHall inductees share memories of long careershttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3292406-hall-inductees-share-memories-long-careers.html
NEW YORK (AP) — From the moment John Smoltz stood on a chair to place a cap atop 6-foot-10 Randy Johnson's head, it was clear this gathering of baseball's newest Hall of Famers was going to be different than those in past years.
"I just wanted to be funny," Smoltz said Wednesday at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. "He's 6-10 and he was struggling with his jerse...Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:15:29 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3292406-hall-inductees-share-memories-long-careers.html2015-01-07T23:15:29ZNotable developments in tensions between police, communitieshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3289512-notable-developments-tensions-police-communities.html
The killings of two unarmed black men by white police officers in Missouri and in New York this summer touched off protests and a national debate over police conduct that intensified after grand juries declined to indict the officers.
Tensions escalated further after two New York Police Department officers were killed Dec. 20 by a man who suggested in onl...Tue, 06 Jan 2015 07:15:08 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3289512-notable-developments-tensions-police-communities.html2015-01-06T07:15:08ZChill, snow and rain bring taste of winter to much of UShttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3287858-chill-snow-rain-bring-taste-winter-to-us.html
CHICAGO (AP) — A year after a brutal cold spell was blamed on something called the polar vortex — which was treated like a northern invasion by the media and as a conquering hero by children impressed by its power to close schools — this week's chill is little more than what meteorologists like to call winter.
Here are some questions — and answers — about...Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:41:59 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3287858-chill-snow-rain-bring-taste-winter-to-us.html2015-01-05T22:41:59ZBad barley crop probably won't affect 2015 beer priceshttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3286646-bad-barley-crop-wont-affect-2015-beer-prices.html
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Problems with the 2014 malt barley crop in the western United States have resulted in the worst year for malting production in the nation, but beer drinkers likely won't have to shell out an extra couple dollars for their favorite brews.
Much of the nation's large-scale brewing is done in the Midwest, says Collin Watters of the Montan...Sat, 03 Jan 2015 15:48:53 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3286646-bad-barley-crop-wont-affect-2015-beer-prices.html2015-01-03T15:48:53Z